The section of humanity that particularly caught my eye on that and quite a few other occasions were the street vendors,
especially those of the mobile variety, who walked about touting their
wares or moved about with a bicycle so heavily laden with goods that
it's a wonder they could move, never mind have nothing fall off them!

Of interest were what they chose to sell -- frequently food but also such as balloons, flowers, non la (the conical hats
that are apparently unisex but I generally only ever saw Vietnamese
women wear) and knitted caps (that one generally would associate with
far colder weather than what we found in Hanoi) -- but I also found what
they used to transport their goods fascinating as well, not least
because the quang ganh (two baskets slung from each end of a
wooden or bamboo pole) that many of the invariably female street vendors
ably hauled about looked so very heavy.

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I think many people find me overly long winded... so it's a real treat to read that there's someone who considers my text "concise"! Thank you for that, and all the positive comments you've left on my blog. :)